Improved camp-stool



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABEL ASI-IALD, OF GARRETTSVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVED CAMP-STOOL.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,286, dated September17, 186i.

To all whom, zit nur/y concern:

Be it known that l, ABEL ASHALD, ot Garrettsville, in the county ot'Portage and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCamp Stools; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, in whichf` Figure l is aside elevation of my improved stool. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ot`the same folded up. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing it in positionfor a pillow or headrest.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in the severalfigures.

The subject of this invention is a campstool constructed in suoli amanner that it can be folded up into the most compact form, so as to beconveniently carried about in the hand; or by a simple adjustment it canb3 made avery good pillow or rest for the head of a person in arecumbent posture; or the seat can be reversed so as to admit ot' eitherside being used at the will of the user.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A A represent the legs of the stool, of which there'are four ot' thesame size and shape, crossing each other in the same manner as the legsof a common saw-horse, and

fastened together by screws a d passing together by rounds or braces b bfor the purpose of giving greater strength and stability tothe stool.The seat O is attached on the inside of the legs by four screws c cpassing laterally through the top of each leg into the seat. The top andbottom ot' the seat are hollowed out alike so that by reversing the seateither side can be used. By turning the seat over a quarter ot' a turnthe legs and seat are brought in a line with each other, and the wholemade so as to occupy but little room.

NVhen it is desired to form a pillow or headrest for a person in arecumbent position, the seat is inclined and secured in position bytightening the screws l) b, or when not convenient to do that a stickplaced between the legs and seat will answer the same purpose.

lith the exception ot Vsix iron screws the stool is made entirely ofwood and wholly by machinery, and it can be folded in such a manner asto preclude the possibility ofbeing broken or in ju red in packing largenumbers together for transportation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as'new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The seat A, pivots a d, legs B D, slots e e, Aand screws ZJ, combined,arranged, and operating in the manner described.

. ABEL ASHALD.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. GEIDLEY, J. F. BUCKLE.

